Center for Early Childhood Education at Fort Hill second-year Devyn Durbin, 4, plays with a bubble machine outside Seelye Hall at Smith College as protesters chant to keep the center open in Northampton on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. The protest and march, made up of families, union workers and Smith College students, came a week after the announcement that the center would close on June 4, 2027. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff Photo